equip

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   provide with abilities or understanding

   I was never equipped to be a dancer.

2. 2
   verb

   provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose

   The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities

3. 3
   verb

   To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging).

   1698-1699, Edmund Ludlow, Memoirs Gave orders for equipping a considerable fleet.

4. 4
   verb

   To dress up; to array; to clothe.

   The country are led astray in following the town, and equipped in a ridiculous habit, when they fancy themselves in the height of the mode.

5. 5
   verb

   To prepare (someone) with a skill.

   I'm sorry, but I don't feel equipped to answer that kinda question yet.

6. 6
   verb

   To equip oneself with (an item); to bring (equipment) into active use.

   Take it down from a distance with a magic spell, or equip your sword and attack it at close range.

7. 7
   noun

   Equipment (carried by a game character).

Etymology

From French équiper (“to supply, fit out”), originally said of a ship, Old French esquiper (“to embark”); of Germanic origin, most probably from Old Norse skipa (“to man (a ship)”), from Proto-Germanic *skipōną (“to ship, sail, embark”). Compare with Middle High German schipfen, German schiffern, Icelandic skipa, Old English scipian. Doublet of ship.